[ExI] peak fossil by 2020

[John Clark]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013  J.R. Jones <mrjones2020 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Also the term "Methane Clathrate" is not used one time in the article
>> even though it contains twice as much energy as all the world's petroleum,
>> coal, natural gas, oil shale, and every other fossil fuel combined.
>
>
> > Fascinating stuff.  The warming of the oceans could have a huge effect
> on this fossil supply as well, no?
>

Could be. There is a theory that the warming of the ocean could cause
methane clathrate to release methane into the atmosphere causing more
warming because methane is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon
dioxide; the worry, according to this theory, is that this will lead to a
runaway effect. However if Eugen is right about humanity facing a imminent
existential threat due to energy starvation then this little difficulty is
of trivial importance.

  John K Clark
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